Electrolytic-cleaning electrode.



T. APPLBBY. BLEUTRQLYTIG CLEANING ELECTRODE.

7' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24. 1913. 1,093,236.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914."

5 u uewiio THOMASAPPLEBY, 0F EHIL ADELPHIA PENHSYLYANIA.

ELncrno mIc-ennmme memes;

- Specification Letters Patent.

Application filed June 2'4, 1913. Serial eans.

'f dll'qbfiom it may concern:

citizen of-ftheUnited- I city and county ofcPhiladelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have'-.invented, certain new Be it known that I TH'o AsArrnn' nr; a

tates, residing-in "the and useful Improvements in, Electrolytic-oCleaning. Electrodes, of which the iiollowingr is a s ecification.

It is the objectofmy invention-to provide in simple and inexpensiveform, as a.

' single'article of manufacture, those parts espositive element. .7

In the metallic container or: conducting vessel Mois disposed ftheelectrolytic-solution E consisting, for example; o f a-sol u'tion of; soium bicarbonate and common salt, soclium-chlorid; 7 P is theelectro-positive ele 1 ent,'su ch as a sheet or plateor block ofelectro-pos'itive -'metal,- such as zinc,'to which is attached theinsulating means Iof any suitable material of any desired thickness orheight;-

in' the:

i consistin two subscribing Thearticle to be cleaned, such as spoon S,

Patentetl'A pn-M, 19M.

is. submergedin the solution E and brought lnto conducting contact. withthef-plate Pf whereupon the electrolytic" =cleaning action ensues,removing any soiling coating upon the'silveror OtherWmetal-Qf-thearticle S.

processmayjbe practised in" any household Bythe'e'mployment article ofmenu-j tacture the unit consistin" of P and- I,' the by using "anymetallic dish; such as M, the

only apparatus to be aforementionedartiele.

By the use of my article, it ,is not neces-.

sary to purchase especial 'dish or'containerpurchased being the M andthe process is-available at 'a minimum: ofexpensc; What I'claim is:

" l, A'san article of manufacture, a unit v.r z'onsisting of .anelectro-positive electrolytic cleaningelement and insulating materialattached thereto for supporting said' element iii-and electricallyvseparating the same from ;a metallic container of'el'ectrolyticsolution.

""21 As an article of] manufacture, aunit ing the same fe ctrically froma metallic container of electrolytic solution.

; In testinionyjwhweof I have hereunto ifof a zinc; electrolyticcleaning platean insulating material attachcd' thereto for supp 3rtinsaid-plate. in and 'separat fixed my signature in the presence of thewitnesses.

THOMAS 'APPLEBY,

, Witnesses Devin J. HnILiG,

N. -B. EVANS;

